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Amalgamated Sugar Company-Lewiston Sugar Company records, 1905-1921
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Amalgamated Sugar Company
- Title
- Amalgamated Sugar Company-Lewiston Sugar Company records
- Dates
- 1905-1921 (inclusive)19051921
- Quantity
- 36 boxes and 34 ledgers, (24 linear ft.)
- Collection Number
- UUS_COLL MSS 278
- Summary
- This collection consists of thirty-six boxes and thirty-three oversized record books containing documentation relating to the Lewiston Sugar Company and its merger with the Amalgamated Sugar Company, dating from 1905 to 1921.
- Repository
-
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
-
Restrictions
Open to public research.
- Languages
- English.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
The Lewiston sugar beet plant operated from 1905 to 1971. With significant encouragement and influence from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, David Eccles, Charles W. Nibley, and others combined to finance factories in Ogden (1898), Logan (1901), and Lewiston (1905). The plant in Lewiston was named the Lewiston Sugar Company until it–along with the Ogden and Logan plants–merged into the Amalgamated Sugar Company in 1915. The peak year for production at the Lewiston plant was 1920. During its operation the company purchased substantial amounts of stock in the Oneida Irrigation District to obtain influence over the area’s water rights. Beet Contracts–between the factory and the farmer–could be viewed as ‘binding contracts of serfdom,’ which possibly pushed farmers to abandon the beet farming industry for more profitable crops. (Powell John L.) The factory operated until its abandonment 1971. Within one year after its closing, the building was purchased by Presto Products, which manufactures plastic goods. The building is located at 1200 East 200 South, Lewiston Utah.
Sources for further information:
Arrington, Leonard J., Beet Sugar in the West; A History of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, 1891-1966, University of Washington Press. 1966 (Special Collections call # 338.17633 Ar69)
Arrington, Leonard J., David Eccles; Pioneer Western Industrialist, Utah State University Press. 1975 (Special Collections call # 920 Ec27)
Powell, John L. ‘The Role of Beet Growers in Cache Valley; Sugar Beet Industry 1898-1981.' Thesis. 1995 (Special Collections–Thesis)
Shaw, Joan. ‘Sugar Beets' Lewiston-North Cache Valley Historical Board, July 1996. Report # 4 (Special Collections call # 979.27 L589L no. 4).
Bernhisel, John M. III., History of Lewiston (Special Collections call # 979.27 B457).
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection consists of thirty-six boxes and thirty-three oversized record books containing documentation relating to the Lewiston Sugar Company and its merger with the Amalgamated Sugar Company. Along with the thirty-three oversized books, many smaller sized record books are contained inside the thirty-six box collection. The voucher (receipts and invoices) and returned checks collections consist of a ten percent sample from the original donation. The voucher collection also contains other special interest invoices, such as payroll, beets hauled, and tax records. Although the box and book collections appear together in the inventory list, they are physically stored separately. The records span from 1905 to 1921. This collection is organized into two series.
Series I contains records relating to the financial aspect of the business and the interaction of the company with farmers. For a financial assessment of the company consult the monthly financial reports, returned checks, invoice books & vouchers, payroll, letters of correspondence, and sugar sales. The oversized record books provide a useful view of how the business functioned, but they only provide data from 1905-10. Boxes labeled as financial records along with boxes containing vouchers and returned checks contain information that continue where the oversized books leave off. Payroll is covered from 1905-07 and 1913-18 in oversized books, vouchers, and payroll booklets. Sugar sale and production information is found in oversized books and sugar account receipt booklets. For an assessment of company-farmer relations examine beet contracts, voucher records on beet haulers and farmers, field books, receipt booklets of seeds furnished, the ledger book, and letters of correspondence.
Series II contains shipping records of beets deliveries and sugar exportation. The Monthly Shipping Reports (boxes 28 & 29) give a good overview of shipping during the years of 1905-16. For information pertaining to sugar exports, view oversized book 34 (Sugar Shipment) and Straight Bills of Landing (railroad records for car arrivals). Beet deliveries records are contained in boxes 30-34 and books 24-33. Straight Bills of Landing from 1915-17 also contain information on beet deliveries.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
CopyrightIt is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
Permission to publish material from the Amalgamated Sugar Company-Lewiston Sugar Company records must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Preferred Citation
Amalgamated Sugar Company-Lewiston Sugar Company records, 1905-1921. (COLL MSS 278) Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
This collection was donated on December 17, 1999 by W. Chip Anderson, Acting Plant Manager of Presto Products. The collection was discovered in the attic of the Presto Products (home of the former sugar beet plant) in Lewiston. Presto representatives contacted Special Collections and offered to donate the materials for historical study.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I: Financial/Business RecordsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Book | |||
| 1 | Month Ending Reports |
1905-1908 | |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Monthly Financial Statement/Reports |
1911 February |
| 1 | 2 | Monthly Financial Statement/Reports |
1911 March |
| 1 | 3 | Monthly Financial Statement/Reports |
1911 April |
| 1 | 4 | Monthly Financial Statement/Reports |
1911 May |
| 1 | 5 | Monthly Financial Statement/Reports |
1911 June |
| 1 | 6 | Monthly Financial Statement/Reports |
1911 July |
| 1 | 7 | Monthly Financial Statement/Reports |
1912 March-December |
| 1 | 8 | Monthly Financial Statement/Reports |
1913 January-April |
| 1 | 9 | Monthly Financial Statement/Reports |
1913 May-December |
| 1 | 10 | Monthly Financial Statement/Reports |
1914 January - February |
| 2 | 1 | Letters of Correspondence |
1909 |
| 2 | 2 | Letters of Correspondence |
1910 |
| 2 | 3 | Letters of Correspondence |
1911 |
| 2 | 4 | Letters of Correspondence |
1911 |
| 2 | 5 | Letters of Correspondence |
1912 |
| 2 | 6 | Letter from German Company |
1914 December |
| 2 | 7 | Letters from Sec. of State |
1909-1910 |
| 2 | 8 | Written Contracts |
1910 |
| 2 | 9 | Letters from Attorneys |
undated |
| 2 | 10 | Special letters (various dates) |
undated |
| 3 | 1 | Financial Records - Card Catalog |
1914 |
| 3 | 2 | Financial Records - Card Catalog |
1915 |
| 3 | 3 | Financial Records - Card Catalog |
1916 |
| 3 | 4 | Financial Records - Card Catalog |
1918 |
| 3 | 5 | Financial Records - Sugar Order Booklets |
1914 |
| 3 | 6 | Financial Records - Sugar Order Booklets |
1914 |
| 3 | 7 | Financial Records - Stubs, Record of Sugar
Shipped |
1905-1906 |
| 3 | 8 | Financial Records - Stubs, Invoices |
1915 |
| 4 | 1 | Warehouse Report |
1907 |
| 4 | 2 | Warehouse Report |
1908 February-May |
| 4 | 3 | Warehouse Report |
1908 June - July |
| 4 | 4 | Warehouse Report |
1909 |
| 4 | 5 | Warehouse Report |
1909 |
| 4 | 6 | Weather Booklet |
1918 |
| 4 | 7 | Sugar Notice Cards |
undated |
| 4 | 8 | Pulp Cards |
undated |
| Book | |||
| 2 | Accounts Payable Book |
1905-1907 | |
| 3 | Accounts Payable Book |
1907-1908 | |
| 4 | Sugar Accounts |
undated | |
| 5 | Sugar Accounts |
undated | |
| 6 | Sugar Sales Record |
1906-1907 | |
| 7 | Sugar Production Record |
1906 | |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 1 | Sugar Account Purchases/Shipments - Symms Grocer |
1914 |
| 5 | 2 | Sugar Account Purchases/Shipments - ZCMI |
1912 |
| 5 | 3 | Sugar Account Purchases/Shipments - ZCMI |
1914 - 1915 |
| 5 | 4 | Sugar Account Purchases/Shipments - Joseph
Geoghegan |
1913 - 1914 |
| 5 | 5 | Sugar Account Purchases/Shipments - Account |
1915 |
| 5 | 6 | Sugar Account Purchases/Shipments - Account |
1916 |
| Book | |||
| 8 | Field Record |
1906 | |
| 9 | Field Record |
1907 | |
| 10 | Field Record |
1908 | |
| 11 | Field Book |
1909 | |
| 12 | Field Record |
1910 | |
| 13 | Field Book |
1911 | |
| 14 | Field Book |
1912 | |
| 15 | Field Book |
1913 | |
| 16 | Field Book |
1914 | |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 1 | Seeds Furnished Records - Smithfield |
1913 |
| 6 | 2 | Seeds Furnished Records - Smithfield &
Hyde Park |
1913 |
| 6 | 3 | Seeds Furnished Records - Lewiston &
Preston |
1913 |
| 6 | 4 | Seeds Furnished Records - Lewiston |
1913 |
| 6 | 5 | Seeds Furnished Records - Misc towns
|
undated |
| 6 | 6 | Seeds Furnished Records - Lewiston |
1917 |
| 6 | 7 | Seeds Furnished Records - Smithfield |
1917 |
| 6 | 8 | Seeds Furnished Records - Smithfield &
Hyde Park |
1917 |
| 6 | 9 | Seeds Furnished Records - Hyde Park |
1917 |
| 6 | 10 | Seeds Furnished Records - Misc towns |
undated |
| 7 | Ledger Book (Record of farmers & beets
delivered)- |
undated | |
| Folder | |||
| 8 | 1 | Beet Contracts |
1911 |
| 8 | 2 | Beet Contracts - Richmond |
1917 |
| 8 | 3 | Beet Contracts - Lewiston (A-C) |
1917 |
| 8 | 4 | Beet Contracts - Lewiston (D-I) |
1917 |
| 8 | 5 | Beet Contracts - Lewiston (J-P) |
1917 |
| 8 | 6 | Beet Contracts - Lewiston (R-Z) |
1917 |
| 9 | 1 | Beet Contracts - Nashville |
1917 |
| 9 | 2 | Beet Contracts - Franklin |
1917 |
| 9 | 3 | Beet Contracts - Whitney |
1917 |
| 9 | 4 | Beet Contracts - Fairview |
1917 |
| 9 | 5 | Beet Contracts - Beckstead |
1917 |
| 9 | 6 | Beet Contracts - Preston |
1917 |
| 10 | 1 | Fulfilment Contract |
1918 |
| 10 | 2 | Preston, (A-G) |
1918 |
| 10 | 3 | Preston, (H-M) |
1918 |
| 10 | 4 | Preston, (N-Z) |
1918 |
| 10 | 5 | Whitney |
1918 |
| 10 | 6 | Fairview |
1918 |
| 10 | 7 | Richmond |
1918 |
| 10 | 8 | Misc towns |
1918 |
| 11 | 1 | Beet Contracts - Lewiston, (A-G) |
1918 |
| 11 | 2 | Beet Contracts - Lewiston, (H-N) |
1918 |
| 11 | 3 | Beet Contracts - Lewiston, (O-Z) |
1918 |
| 11 | 4 | Beet Contracts - Hyde Park |
1918 |
| 11 | 5 | Beet Contracts - Smithfield, (A-G) |
1918 |
| 11 | 6 | Beet Contracts - Smithfield, (H-P) |
1918 |
| 11 | 7 | Beet Contracts - Smithfield, (R-Z) |
1918 |
| Book | |||
| 17 | Monthly Payroll |
1905 | |
| 18 | Monthly Payroll |
1906 | |
| 19 | Monthly Payroll |
1907 | |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 12 | 1 | Payroll Booklets |
1913 February |
| 12 | 2 | Payroll Booklets |
1913 March |
| 12 | 3 | Payroll Booklets |
1913 April |
| 12 | 4 | Payroll Booklets |
1913 May |
| 12 | 5 | Payroll Booklets |
1913 June |
| 12 | 6 | Payroll Booklets |
1913 July |
| 13 | 1 | Payroll Booklets |
1913 August |
| 13 | 2 | Payroll Booklets |
1913 September |
| 13 | 3 | Payroll Booklets part I |
1913 October |
| 13 | 4 | Payroll Booklets part II |
1913 October |
| 13 | 5 | Payroll Booklets part I |
1913 November |
| 13 | 6 | Payroll Booklets part II |
1913 November |
| 14 | 1 | Payroll Booklets part II |
1913 December |
| 14 | 2 | Payroll Booklets part I |
1914 January |
| 14 | 3 | Payroll Booklets part II |
1914 January |
| 14 | 4 | Payroll Booklets |
1914 February |
| 14 | 5 | Payroll Booklets |
1914 March |
| 14 | 6 | Payroll Booklets |
1914 April |
| 15 | 1 | Payroll Booklets |
1914 May |
| 15 | 2 | Payroll Booklets |
1914 June |
| 15 | 3 | Payroll Booklets |
1914 July |
| 15 | 4 | Payroll Booklets |
1914 August |
| 15 | 5 | Payroll Booklets |
1914 September |
| 15 | 6 | Payroll Booklets part I |
1914 October |
| 16 | 1 | Payroll Booklets part II |
1914 October |
| 16 | 2 | Payroll Booklets part I |
1914 November |
| 16 | 3 | Payroll Booklets part II |
1914 November |
| 16 | 4 | Payroll Booklets part I |
1914 December |
| 16 | 5 | Payroll Booklets part II |
1914 December |
| 16 | 6 | Payroll Booklets part I |
1915 January |
| 16 | 7 | Payroll Booklets part II |
1915 January |
| 16 | 8 | Payroll Booklets |
1915 March |
| 17 | 1 | Payroll Booklets |
1915 April |
| 17 | 2 | Payroll Booklets |
1915 May |
| 17 | 3 | Payroll Booklets |
1915 July |
| 17 | 4 | Payroll Booklets part I |
1915 December |
| 17 | 5 | Paychecks Issued Booklet |
1914-1915 |
| 17 | 6 | Timecards |
1915 - 1916 |
| 18 | 1 | Time Book |
undated |
| 18 | 2 | Voucher Record Booklet |
1911 |
| Book | |||
| 20 | Invoice Book |
1903-1906 | |
| 21 | Invoice Book |
1906-1907 | |
| 22 | Invoice Book |
1907 | |
| 23 | Invoice Book |
1907-1908 | |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 19 | 1 | Payments to Farmers Vouchers
(10% sample)
|
undated |
| 19 | 2 | Payroll Vouchers
(10% sample)
|
undated |
| 19 | 3 | Vouchers
(10% sample)
|
1915 March-July |
| 19 | 4 | Vouchers
(10% sample)
|
1915 August-October |
| 19 | 5 | Vouchers
(10% sample)
|
1915 November-December |
| 19 | 6 | Vouchers
(10% sample)
|
1915 October-December |
| 20 | 1 | Payroll Vouchers
(10% sample)
|
1916 |
| 20 | 2 | Vouchers
(10% sample)
|
1916 January-June |
| 20 | 3 | Vouchers
(10% sample)
|
1916 July-October |
| 20 | 4 | Vouchers
(10% sample)
|
1916 November-December |
| 21 | 1 | Vouchers
(10% sample)
|
1917 January-February |
| 21 | 2 | Vouchers
(10% sample)
|
1917 March-June |
| 21 | 3 | Vouchers
(10% sample)
|
1917 July-August |
| 21 | 4 | Vouchers
(10% sample)
|
1917 September-December |
| 21 | 5 | Payroll Vouchers
(10% sample)
|
1917 |
| 21 | 6 | Tax Vouchers
(10% sample)
|
1917 |
| 21 | 7 | Vouchers
(10% sample)
|
1918 January-February |
| 21 | 8 | Beet Hauler Vouchers
(10% sample)
|
undated |
| 22 | 1 | Beet Hauler Vouchers
(10% sample)
|
1917 |
| 22 | 2 | Payments to Farmers Vouchers
(10% sample)
|
undated |
| 22 | 3 | Vouchers
(10% sample)
|
1917 |
| 22 | 4 | Payroll and Finance Vouchers
(10% sample)
|
undated |
| 23 | 1 | Check Books
(10% sample)
|
1915 |
| 23 | 2 | Returned Checks
(10% sample)
|
1917 |
| 23 | 3 | Returned Checks
(10% sample)
|
1917 |
| 23 | 4 | Returned Checks
(10% sample)
|
1918 |
| 23 | 5 | Returned Checks
(10% sample)
|
1918 |
| 24 | 1 | Returned Checks
(10% sample)
|
1918 |
| 24 | 2 | Returned Checks
(10% sample)
|
1918 |
| 24 | 3 | Returned Checks
(10% sample)
|
1919 January-February |
| 24 | 4 | Returned Checks
(10% sample)
|
1919 January-September |
| 24 | 5 | Returned Checks
(10% sample)
|
1919 September-December |
| 25 | 1 | Returned Checks
(10% sample)
|
1919 December |
| 25 | 2 | Returned Checks
(10% sample)
|
1920 January-February |
| 25 | 3 | Returned Checks
(10% sample)
|
1920 May-August |
| 25 | 4 | Returned Checks
(10% sample)
|
1920 August-September |
| 25 | 5 | Returned Checks
(10% sample)
|
1920 September-November |
| 26 | 1 | Returned Checks
(10% sample)
|
1920 November |
| 26 | 2 | Returned Checks
(10% sample)
|
1920 November-December |
| 26 | 3 | Returned Checks
(10% sample)
|
1920 December |
| 26 | 4 | Returned Checks
(10% sample)
|
1921 January |
| 27 | 1 | Financial Records |
1905 |
| 27 | 2 | Financial Records |
1906 |
| 27 | 3 | Financial Records |
1907 |
| 27 | 4 | Financial Records |
1908 |
Series II: Shipping Records, undatedReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 28 | 1 | Receiving & Shipping Daily Report Books |
1905-1907 |
| 28 | 2 | Receiving & Shipping Daily Report Books |
1907-1908 |
| 28 | 3 | Receiving & Shipping Daily Report Books |
1908-1909 |
| 28 | 4 | Receiving & Shipping Daily Report Books |
1909-1910 |
| 28 | 5 | Receiving & Shipping Daily Report Books |
1910 |
| 29 | 1 | Receiving & Shipping Daily Report Books |
1911 |
| 29 | 2 | Receiving & Shipping Daily Report Books |
1912-1913 |
| 29 | 3 | Receiving & Shipping Daily Report Books |
1913-1914 |
| 29 | 4 | Receiving & Shipping Daily Report Books |
1914-1915 |
| 29 | 5 | Receiving & Shipping Daily Report Books |
1915-1916 |
| Book | |||
| 24 | Beet Record: Factory |
1905 | |
| 25 | Beet Record: Cars |
1906 | |
| 26 | Beet Record: Cars |
1907 | |
| 27 | Beet Record: Factory |
1907 | |
| 28 | Beet Record: Car Deliveries |
1908 | |
| 29 | Beet Record: Car Deliveries |
1908 | |
| 30 | Beet Record: Factory Deliveries |
1908 | |
| 31 | Beet Record: Factory Deliveries |
1908 | |
| 32 | Beet Record: Wagon Deliveries |
1909 | |
| 33 | Beet Record: Car Deliveries |
1909 | |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 30 | 1 | Railroad Record Books - Car Register |
1909 |
| 30 | 2 | Railroad Record Books - Car Register |
1913 |
| 30 | 3 | Railroad Record Books - Car Register |
1915 |
| 30 | 4 | Railroad Record Books - Car Record: Beets |
1908 |
| 30 | 5 | Railroad Record Books - Car Record: Lime Rock
& Coke |
undated |
| 30 | 6 | Railroad Record Books - Car Record: Coal |
1908-1911 |
| 31 | 1 | Railroad Record Books - Car Record |
1909-1911 |
| 31 | 2 | Railroad Record Books - Car Report Book-Lewiston |
1909 |
| 32 | 1 | Beet Records - Beet Delivery Invoices |
1909 October-November |
| 32 | 1 | Beet Records - Beet Delivery Invoices |
1909 October-December |
| 32 | 1 | Beet Records - Invoice Booklet |
1909-1910 |
| 32 | 1 | Beet Records - Invoice Booklet |
1912 |
| 32 | 1 | Beet Records |
undated |
| Book | |||
| 34 | Sugar Shipments |
1907-1914 | |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 33 | 1 | Straight Bill of Landing Booklets |
1905 |
| 33 | 2 | Straight Bill of Landing Booklets |
1907 |
| 33 | 3 | Straight Bill of Landing Booklets |
1908 |
| 33 | 4 | Straight Bill of Landing Booklets |
1908-1909 |
| 33 | 5 | Straight Bill of Landing Booklets |
1910 |
| 34 | 1 | Straight Bill of Landing Booklets |
1911 |
| 34 | 2 | Straight Bill of Landing Booklets |
1910-1913 |
| 34 | 3 | Straight Bill of Landing Booklets |
1912 |
| 34 | 4 | Straight Bill of Landing Booklets |
1912 |
| 34 | 5 | Straight Bill of Landing Booklets |
1912 |
| 35 | 1 | Straight Bill of Landing Booklets |
1913 |
| 35 | 2 | Straight Bill of Landing Booklets |
1913 |
| 35 | 3 | Straight Bill of Landing Booklets |
1913 |
| 35 | 4 | Straight Bill of Landing Booklets |
1914 |
| 35 | 5 | Straight Bill of Landing Booklets |
1914 |
| 35 | 6 | Straight Bill of Landing Booklets |
1915 |
| 36 | 1 | Straight Bill of Landing Booklets |
1916 |
| 36 | 2 | Straight Bill of Landing Booklets |
1916 September |
| 36 | 3 | Straight Bill of Landing Booklets |
1916 October |
| 36 | 4 | Straight Bill of Landing Booklets |
1916 November |
| 36 | 5 | Straight Bill of Landing Booklets |
1916 December |
| 36 | 6 | Straight Bill of Landing Booklets |
1917 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Agriculture--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History--20th century.
- Sugar beet industry--Utah--Lewiston--History--20th century.
- Sugar beet industry--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History--20th century.
Corporate Names
- Amalgamated Sugar Company.
- Lewiston Sugar Company.
- Lewiston Sugar Company. (contributor)
Geographical Names
- Lewiston (Utah)--History.
Finding aid created by the Special Collections
Department at Utah State University
2008
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